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Energy Vocab

Energy Vocab

Assessment

Presentation

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
MS-PS3-5, MS-PS3-3, MS-PS4-1

+6

Standards-aligned

Created by

ALEXUS ABLES

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15 Slides • 12 Questions

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Energy Chapter Vocab

Chapter 5

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Energy

The ability to cause change or do work

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The Law of Conservation of Energy

Energy can be transformed from one form to another, but energy cannot be created or destroyed.

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Multiple Choice

Can you create energy?

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Yes

2

No

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Multiple Choice

Can you destroy Energy?

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No

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Yes

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Multiple Choice

Can you convert energy from one form to another?

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Yes

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No

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Mechanical Energy

The total energy of an object or group of objects due to large scale motions and interactions

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Sound Energy

The energy sound carries (carried in waves)

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Thermal Energy

The energy due to the motion of particles that make up an object

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Electric Energy

The energy an electric current forms

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Radiant Energy (Light Energy)

The energy that electromagnetic waves carry

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Nuclear Energy

Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom

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Multiple Choice

What is an example of thermal energy?

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A car moving

2

a stove

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a plug in the wall

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an atomic bomb

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Multiple Select

What is an example of electric energy? (Select all that apply)

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A computer

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A TV

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Firewood

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Tornados

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Multiple Choice

How does sound energy travel?

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In spots

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It doesn't

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In waves

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In segments

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Multiple Select

Select all of the examples of Radiant Energy

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light bulbs

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microwaves

3

radio waves

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sound waves

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Kinetic Energy

Energy of an object has due to motion

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Multiple Select

Select all of the answers that have Kinetic Energy

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Potential Energy

Stored energy due to the interactions between objects or particles

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Gravitational Potential Energy

The potential energy stored between an object and the earth

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Multiple Choice

Which one of the examples has gravitational potential energy?

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Elastic Potential Energy

Potential energy stored in objects that are compressed or stretched, like in springs and rubber bands

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Chemical Potential Energy

Stored energy in the bonds between atoms

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Multiple Select

Select all of the objects that have chemical potential energy

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Multiple Select

Select all of the ways that the various potential energies are similar

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They all can cause a change

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They are kinetic energy

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They are stored energy

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They can all be converted into kinetic energy

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Work

The transfer of energy that occurs when a force is applied over distance

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Multiple Select

Select all of the examples of work

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Energy Chapter Vocab

Chapter 5

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